Commentary If you were worried during the aftermath of 9/11 about innocent citizens being spied on, having their reputations trampled via false accusations, and restrictions on freedom of political speech, the news these days might lead you to a nervous breakdown–especially since the Big Brother coming after you with weaponized communications technology might be private business rather than government, or company and state working together. Most prominently, it was revealed that the FBI bought, but apparently did not use in the field, the now-infamous Pegasus cellphone spyware from its Israeli proprietor, the NSO Group. The software was used for political surveillance within Israel. On Monday, the Internal Revenue Service backtracked on forcing taxpayers to submit to the private firm ID.me’s facial recognition software before accessing its website. Also in the news: a secret Central Intelligence Agency mass surveillance program gathered records of an as-yet-unknown nature belonging to Americans, according to …
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